Paperboard carrier carton



March 19, 1957 H. w. FORRER RARERBOARD CARRIER CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed 0013. 4, 1954 INVENTOR. /OMAER W'. FORRER Affair/vers March 19,1957 H. w. FORRER RAPRRROARD CARRIER CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheer?I 2 FiledOCT.. 4, 1954 INVENTOR Honig@ w. Fokke# ATTORNEYS Uflid States PatentPArERBoARD: CARRIER ,CARTON Homer WForrer, Atlanta, .'Ga., assignor toAtlantalaper "This .invention relates-to .paperboard cartons, andl more:particularly to .anarrangement.-for.:providing a conventional :box'type.carton with .a` carrying handle, while maintaining the carton normallyarranged for filling and use, so that the carton is thereby furtheradapted as a carrier in addition to performing its regularly intendedfunction as a container in the usual Way.

Briefly described, this arrangement of the present invention comprisesthe formation of a paperboard carton wall panel from a pair of componentpanel portions secured in partially overlapping relation so as to form adouble thickness section in the Wall panel. At each side of this doublethickness section flap members are arranged in each component panelportion to remain attached along weakened separation lines adjacent thedouble thickness section while being hinged remotely therefrom, so thatthey are normally disposed to maintain the carton closed at the wallpanel but are easily depressed inwardly of the carton to allow access tothe double thickness section as a carrying handle. This arrangement maybe employed to particular advantage in cartons intended to contain cans,because the flap members can be located to be depressed into the deadspace between cans and thereby employ this space to render the doublethickness section readily available for gripping as a handle.

These and other features of the present invention are described infurther detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Fig. -1 is a perspective view of a paperboard carrier carton embodyingthe present invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail taken substantially on the line 2-2 in Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail taken substantially on the line 3-3 in Fig.l; and v Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank suitable for forming thecarton shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The embodiment of the present invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3of the drawings comprises a carton, as indicated generally by thereference numeral 10, incorporating a double thickness carrying handlesection at 12 formed by the overlapping of component panel portions 14and 16 that constitute a wall panel of the carton 10.

Each component panel portion 14 and 16 has a flap member 18 or 20 formedtherein adjacent the double thickness section 12 at which it originallyremains attached along a weakened separation line as at 22 or 24 (seeFig. 4), while being hinged at 26 or 28 remotely with respect to thedouble thickness section 12, so that these ilap members 18 and 20 arenormally disposed to maintain the carton 1) closed at the wall panelformed by the component panel portion 14 and 16 but are easilydepressible inwardly of the carton to fold away from the doublethickness section 12 (as seen best in Fig. 2) and allow it -to begripped as a carrying handle.

The double thickness section 12 is formed in the overlapping componentpanel portions 14 and 16 so as to exv2 tendbetween oppositeedgesthereof` in the direction of the lengthwise axis of vcans C, (see Fig.2) as disposed in Vthe carton 10, and is aligned with -the positionassumed by a can C intermediately along the carton Ywall .panelconstituted by..the.panel portions 14andV 16 so that the dead spacebetweenzadjacent-cans .C allows. clearance for the above notedinwarddepression ,of 4the apmembers 1S and Z as illustrated in Fig..2.

VThe completestructural arrangement of the carton-10 can .-be describedbest in relation to Fig. 4, which shows a Yblank arranged for formingthe cartonillustrated'in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and in which itwill beseenthat-a first Wall panel 30 is foldably joined in seriesbetweenvavpair'of Wall panels 32 and 34, with the component panelportions ,14 and 16 foldably joined in the same-series at the respectiveremote edges of .the-pair of wall panels 32 and34. `In this arrangementthe pair ofwall panels 32 and 34 are provided toform opposite wallpanels for the carton 10, and the component panel por-tions 14 and 16are proportioned to `constitute a carton Wall panel opposite the iirstwall panel 30.

Each of the wall panels 30, 32 and 34, and the panel portions 14 and 16are provided in a width corresponding to the height of the cans C to becontained in the carton 10, and they each have top and bottom closureaps hinged along the entire extent of their opposite side edges as at36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. The overlapping extent of the panel portion 14and 16 for forming lthe double thickness section 12 is carriedthroughout the lateral extent of the top and bottom closure aps 42 and44 thereon, as indicated by the stippled area a-t 12' in Fig. 4 whichrepresents a glue application at the bottom face of panel portion 14 forsecuring it in overlapped relation at the top face of panel portion 16,the closure flaps 42 and 44 being likewise secured at the same time.

Preferably, the weakened separation lines 22 and 24 for the panelportion ap members 18 and 20 are curved arcuately and the opposite edgeportion of each panel portion 14 and 16 is notched in the same shape, asat 14 and 16' in Fig. 4 to form a narrowed extent for the doublethickness section 12 and thereby adapt it to better advantage as acarrying handle. This narrowed extent of the double thickness section12, however, terminates short of the opposite side edges of the panelportions 14 and 16 so that the carton 1t) is strongly secured thereatand throughout the top and bottom closure aps 42 and 44 to render thecarton equally as sturdy and serviceable as a conventional carton ofthis sort, while providing a carrying handle at the double thicknesssection 12.

The present invention has been described in detail above for purposes ofillustration only, and is not intended to be limited by this descriptionor otherwise except as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A blank for a paperboard carrier carton comprising a rst wall panel,a pair of wall panels foldably joined in series with said iirst wallpanel at opposite edges thereof, a pair of component panel portionsfoldably joined in said series at the respective remote edges of saidpair of wall panels for securing in overlapped relation to form afurther wall panel corresponding in proportions with said rst wall paneland having a double thickness section extending transversely therein,top and bottom closure flaps hinged along the entire extent of theopposite side edges of said iirst wall panel and of said pair of wallpanels and of said pair of component panel portions, each of said pairof component panel portions being of less length than said rst wallpanel and being proportioned to overlap in a relatively wide extentadjacent the side edge thereof and throughout the extent of the top andbottom closure flaps thereon, and a flap member formed in each of saidcomponent panel portions, said ap members being spaced from the sideedges of said panel p0rtions and remaining attached to said panelportions along weakened separation lines substantially coinciding withthe overlapping extent of the other panel portion of said pair at thecentral portion thereof, and being hinged to each panel portion remotelywith respect tothe double thickness section formed by the overlapping ofsaid pair of panel portions. p c

2. A paperboard carrier carton for a plurality of cans, said cartoncomprising a wall panel formed by a pair of component panel portionsoverlapped and permanently secured in face contacting relation toprovide a double thickness section in said Vwall panel extending betweenopposite edges thereof in the directionrof the lengthwise axis of cansas disposed in said carton, said double thickness section being of asufficient width for forming a suitable carrying handle, and a ap memberformed in each of said component panelportions adjacent the centralportion of said double thickness section, said ap members being spacedfrom said opposite wall panel edges, re-V maining attached to said panelportions along weakened Vafreizen? separation lines at the centralportion of said double thickness section, and being hinged to said panelportions remotely with respect to said double thickness section, wherebysaid flap members are normally disposed to maintain said carton closedat said wall panel but are easily depressible inwardly of said wallpanel for allowing access to the central portion of said doublethickness section as a carrying handle.

3. A Vpaperboard Vcarrier carton as deiined in claim 2 and .furthercharacterized in that the portions of said double thickness section thatare adjacent the wall panel edges are dened by slits extending in Vsaidcomponenti panel portions Vfrom said opposite edges.

I l References Cited in the le of this patent i UNITED STATES PATENTS1,974,792 Berney Sept. 25, 1934 2,598,051 Guyer May 27, 1952 2,654,474Ringler Oct. 6,1953 2,681,143 Guyer June 15, 1954

